Learning how to love myself
Alina – Hi! I am a SAY alum turned teaching artist. I don’t remember the first time I stuttered but I remember having severe tantrums as a young child because I was unable to express myself through...
Read MoreMY STUTTER shares incredible stories from teens and adults around the world who stutter, inspiring young people who stutter to overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams. MY STUTTER also helps educate the world about the unimaginable fear and cruelty that often face children who stutter and unites us all through the common threads of compassion and kindness.
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Alina – Hi! I am a SAY alum turned teaching artist. I don’t remember the first time I stuttered but I remember having severe tantrums as a young child because I was unable to express myself through...
Read MoreDavid Ritz – I was born in 1943, and five or so years later I began to stutter. Today I’m 70 and still stuttering. I expect to be stuttering till the day I die. I accept that notion. I even embrace that...
Read MoreBailee Gilbert – Growing up I never realized there was anything different about the way I spoke. I thought I was like everyone else. It wasn’t until I was 11 years old that I realized there was something...
Read MoreJonathan Greig – I was very excited to write this story, because I haven’t written about stuttering in a while. But as I sat down to write, I was left in a tough spot. I wasn’t sure what direction to go,...
Read MoreWhen I was eleven years old I started to develop a severe stutter in my speech. While it was called “age appropriate” by many social workers and speech therapists, it didn’t feel “age appropriate” at all…
Read MoreKate Popovich – Like most moms, I did everything I could to make sure my babies had everything they needed to thrive; love, food, warmth, clothing, etc. But despite all our efforts, some things in life we...
Read MoreMoses feels inadequate but he says what he has to say - anyway.
Read MoreI spent the first 22 years of my life hiding from myself and hiding myself from the world. I was disgusted and ashamed by the sound of my stutter.
Read MoreMY STUTTER is ME and has been a trusted ally in my life’s journey. One may ask how something unpredictable and unnatural to society can be considered an ally.
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